Best Hostels of 2009 Announced at the Hoscars

Travellers House, in Lisbon, Portugal has won the coveted award for Hostelworld.com Top Hostel in the World for the second year in a row! The award, as voted for by Hostelworld.com customers, were given to hostel owners at a glitzy ceremony in Dublin’s Button Factory in the city’s famous Temple Bar quarter and was attended by over 350 people from the hostel industry from all corners of the globe.

Speaking at the conference after winning the award, when asked what makes the hostel so popular, Joao Pires from Traveller’s House said “We have a very passionate group of people. Passionate towards hosting people and passionate towards showing them what’s good in our city. We try to accommodate people the best we way possible by trying to show them the little secrets in our city. We make sure they’re comfortable and we give them all that they need. And of course I have to give a special mention to Lisbon which is a fantastic city. Not only does our hostel accommodate people, but Lisbon is a very welcoming city too.”

Traveller’s House is the first hostel ever to retain the title of World’s Top Hostel. When asked about this Joao added “I am very proud – proud for our hostel, proud for our team, and proud for the city and all the Portuguese people. It’s been a good couple of years and it’s always good to be recognised in this way – it’s an honour.”

Watch the video from this year's Hoscars:

The HOSCARS (HOStelworld Customer Annual Ratings) Hostel awards take place every year to recognise the best hostels in the world. More than 20,000 properties from across the globe, all featured on Hostelworld.com, are eligible for the awards. The best hostel winners were voted for by over 900,000 customers worldwide who booked their accommodation online and rated and reviewed the hostel on six criteria – character, security, location, staff, fun and cleanliness.

The Portuguese city of Lisbon was the top location for hostels with Living Lounge Hostel and Rossio Hostel winning second and third best hostels respectively.

Alongside those mentioned above, HOSCAR’s were also awarded for the best three hostels on each continent, and categories including ‘Best location’, ‘Most fun’, ‘Best character’ and ‘Most improved’.

Best Hostel Chain

Wombats, Austria and GermanyHI USAAstor Hostels

Travellers House, in Lisbon, Portugal has won the coveted award for Hostelworld.com Top Hostel in the World for the second year in a row! The award, as voted for by Hostelworld.com customers, were given to hostel owners at a glitzy ceremony in Dublin’s Button Factory in the city’s famous Temple Bar quarter and was attended by over 350 people from the hostel industry from all corners of the globe.

Speaking at the conference after winning the award, when asked what makes the hostel so popular, Joao Pires from Traveller’s House said “We have a very passionate group of people. Passionate towards hosting people and passionate towards showing them what’s good in our city. We try to accommodate people the best we way possible by trying to show them the little secrets in our city. We make sure they’re comfortable and we give them all that they need. And of course I have to give a special mention to Lisbon which is a fantastic city. Not only does our hostel accommodate people, but Lisbon is a very welcoming city too.”

Traveller’s House is the first hostel ever to retain the title of World’s Top Hostel. When asked about this Joao added “I am very proud – proud for our hostel, proud for our team, and proud for the city and all the Portuguese people. It’s been a good couple of years and it’s always good to be recognised in this way – it’s an honour.”

Watch the video from this year's Hoscars:

The HOSCARS (HOStelworld Customer Annual Ratings) Hostel awards take place every year to recognise the best hostels in the world. More than 20,000 properties from across the globe, all featured on Hostelworld.com, are eligible for the awards. The best hostel winners were voted for by over 900,000 customers worldwide who booked their accommodation online and rated and reviewed the hostel on six criteria – character, security, location, staff, fun and cleanliness.

The Portuguese city of Lisbon was the top location for hostels with Living Lounge Hostel and Rossio Hostel winning second and third best hostels respectively.

Alongside those mentioned above, HOSCAR’s were also awarded for the best three hostels on each continent, and categories including ‘Best location’, ‘Most fun’, ‘Best character’ and ‘Most improved’.

Best Hostel Chain

Wombats, Austria and GermanyHI USAAstor Hostels

12 Comments

Hostelworld.com
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010, 9:25am

Hi Mona! Thanks for your question. There isn't a published list of winners by country; however, the winning hostel from each country has a button on their own Hostelworld.com page naming them as a winner. Hope that helps and if you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to contact us. Kind regards, Hostelworld.com.

Mona
Monday, March 8th, 2010, 10:34am

What about hostels in Europe, and country winners ?
Is there a list of them ?

KIRAN OZA
Thursday, March 4th, 2010, 11:38am

Respected Sir
I never knew before about the awards. It is great to know this and encouraging for hostels and for the guests. Wonderful ! You are taking great care for the guests by RATINGS by guests with all necessary divisons like cleanliness, location, safety, staff etc.
I sincerely congratulate and salute YOU and YOUR TEAM for this tremendous work.
Kiran OZA
Bhavnagar (Gujarat) INDIA
kiranoza@hotmail.com

Neil
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010, 6:32pm

Lisbon lounge is very quirky, check out the unusul decor in the dining area - it is very unique.
I can also vouch that the Wake Up! in Sydney is also the best large hostel that I have stayed in with excellent facilities and a really fun atmosphere.
Pleased to see that the South Beach has been voted the most improved...it NEEDED to improve a great deal.

Liezel Roux
Friday, February 26th, 2010, 9:25am

Dear Joao and the rest of the team. Congratulations from BROWN SUGAR BP in South Africa (Johannesburg)! This is amazing and I know how hard it is to keep the ratings up. We have been upgrading and improving for the past 4 years and should be finished towards the end of 2010. The SWC2010 being hosted by us will be a huge bonus and I hope to visit your hostel in the near future. Weel done!!

Dubrovnik Backpackers Club
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010, 9:53pm

Special congratulations to Majdas hostel-Mostar, best hostel in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2nd time...with warm aproach bringing Balkans closer and more and more popular!Bravo!

David
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010, 11:20am

I had the pleasure to stay in Lisbon in Dec 2008, and met Joao. They really deserve this and more.
Congratulations!

Pedro Sifuentes
Monday, February 1st, 2010, 4:56pm

A lot of possitive energy for all the winners stay in the same good way...and for the other hostel keep going you could be the best next year.

Luiz Normando
Friday, January 29th, 2010, 1:18am

Congratulations to ALL good hostels around the world that were not mentioned in the list, there are many good hostels to be visited!!!

lena
Thursday, January 28th, 2010, 6:59pm

The best hostel Greg&Tom from Poland

gugavieira
Thursday, January 28th, 2010, 3:15pm

Very well deserved for Greg & Tom!! But come on, where is Nomad Buzios on the best of Latin America?? You must be kinding about Argentina.